This is an analysis of the poem Taking Two Steps Back that begins with:
If someone's life experiences exceeds,
That of others in the same environment......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabX ccX bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110100001 10100010100 0010100100 0011100 10010101001010 110111 11001110101 10000100101010 1101110 01001011110101 10110101000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Taking Two Steps Back;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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